I get this. This sounds like what rainbow said she did at her last session. Its what i used to do with my mother all the time, and with other people. Tell them a story, but for whose benefit? I only THINK im connecting; im really not. I had to stop fooling myself. It was very hard to give up.

Eta - sorry, i dont mean to be picking on you. But filling in the silence is one thing ive (tried to?) stopped doing on the phone, so this conversation hit home with me. And your saying she didnt care.